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Topic: Tropico 3 Cheats and Codes

Hint: Keep The Ball Rolling

Because your island cannot be isolated from the rest of the world, you need to balance your foreign relations between the US and the USSR. This can be hard but if you manage to get on their good side, you can receive a substantial amount of money in the form of foreign aid. Building a Diplomatic Ministry will help you to improve your foreign relations and will grant you access to new edicts.

Be careful when your island enters debt, as your relations with the foreign superpowers will begin to worsen rapidly. Be mindful of this, as maintaining bad relations with one superpower for too long will provoke them to invade your island, which will put an untimely end to your regime.

Often the foreign relations with one superpower can take turn for the worse even when you have no debt. Building a military base owned by the other superpowers will prevent the invasion.

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Re: Tropico 3 Cheats and Codes

Hint: Intermediate Steps

Once you have the infrastructure (like a transportation system), develop tourism. In order to set up a successful tourism industry you need to build a tourist dock, some tourist accommodations, and at least a few attractions. A high service quality in these buildings will, ensure that more tourists will leave happy from your island, providing an increase to your tourism rating. The higher your tourism rating, the more tourists will decide to spend their vacation on your island. Also consider that different types of tourists prefer different attractions.

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Re: Tropico 3 Cheats and Codes

Hint: Starting Off

Focus on builders, teamsters and dockworkers first. While these professions may not be very prestigious, but they are the backbone of your island's economy. Make sure you always have citizens employed in these positions as their absence will have adverse effects on your economy. Raise the salary in the corresponding building if necessary.

Once you've organized your workforce, establish a stable cash flow early on in the game. You accomplish this by building some farms, mines or logging camps. Be careful though, as your workforce is limited to the number of citizens on the island and you can end up with a banana economy. If you end up short on workers for your buildings you can construct an Immigration Office in order to attract immigrants from abroad.

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Re: Tropico 3 Cheats and Codes

Cheat: Cheat Menu

Click the LEFT and RIGHT ANALOG sticks and press BACK + START (hold all the buttons at once) to open the cheat menu.